anthropometry
noun
an·thro·pom·e·try
ˌan(t)-thrə-ˈpä-mə-trē 
: the study of human body measurements especially on a comparative basis
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Ross also litters the film with historical context, cutting in everything from old photographs of enslaved people to footage of Martin Luther King Jr.'s speeches to clips of Bertillon's questionable criminology method of anthropometry.
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Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2024
Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2024
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anthropometry
noun
an·thro·pom·e·try
-ˈpäm-ə-trē
plural anthropometries
: the study of human body measurements especially on a comparative basis
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